RoboCop

When 'RoboCop' got pushed from an August 2013 release date to February 2014, everyone assumed it would open stronger when far away from the busy summer months. If this is the better of the two options, then we can't even imagine how poorly it would have opened in the warmer months. Th…

A PG-13 'RoboCop' remake? That's what we're getting, and the first trailer plays up the familiar elements ("oh look, ED-209"), but also seems to put the focus on the role of free will in Alex Murphy (played by Joel Kinnaman), who becomes part man, part mach…

Your childhood fantasy (or fear?) of seeing an officer of the law who is part man/part machine may be coming true soon, thanks to Researchers at Florida International University's Discovery Lab and a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Reserves. These folks are working to build "telepresence robots,&qu…

It’s been 20 years since we last saw RoboCop shoot up the silver screen. Since then, Detroit has seen the ominous foreshadowing depicted in the action film franchise come to fruition. As the Motor City pulls itself up by the brakes and struts, we get a sneak peek of its homeland hero…